Scotford
Cogeneration Project
A 170-megawatt cogeneration plant has been constructed to provide steam and electricity to meet the thermal and power needs of the Athabasca Oilsands Upgrader.
The Upgrader utilizes two-thirds of the electricity generated with the
balance sold into the Alberta Interconnected Grid Energy from the
exhaust of the gas turbine is recovered in the heat recovery boiler to provide steam for the Upgrader and the steam turbine.
The Scotford cogeneration project has been constructed at the Shell Scotford Refinery Site east of Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta
and is part of the Athabasca Oilsands Project joint venture between Shell Canada Limited, Chevron Canada Resources Limited and Western Oilsands LP. The Scotford Upgrader
has been in operation since late 2002 and treats 155,000 barrels of bitumen per calendar day into a range of premium, synthetic crude oils.
The Upgrader is operated by Shell Canada Limited.
Further Documents
Press Release
Tuesday, May 9, 2000
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Capacity
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Equipment
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- One GE 7EA gas-fired turbine with low NOx burners.
- One heat recovery steam generator with supplemental gas-fired duct
burners.
- One Alstom steam turbine.
- Associated support equipment
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Highlights
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- Two-thirds of electric energy to be used by Upgrader with balance being sold
into Power Pool of Alberta.
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Commissioning Date
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Ownership
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*ATCO Ownership in this plant is held 80% by ATCO Power Ltd. and 20% by ATCO
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